Dimensions and trimming of the MS

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Please quote where anyone has reached for theory in this thread.
Yes, it was a snarky comment. It was also totally inaccurate with respect to the posts actually made in this thread: they are observations about the appearance of the manuscripts's borders. No theory is being put forward.
As for the Atlantic article, Lisa Fagin Davis, who is the main source for the article, is the Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America, with a PhD from Yale, has dozens of peer-reviewed publications to her name, and actually teaches manuscript studies. I'm fairly certain she needs no lessons from you about methodology or "furphies" and I'm absolutely sure she has no interest in Voynich "theory wars".

ETA: I see that you have modified your post after my reply was made, removing the snark, the remarks about methodology, and your rant about and theory wars (which you describe as "to reduce"). It is generally considered poor "netiquette" to modify a post after it has been replied to, unless you explicitly acknowledge that the reply was the reason for the edit.